Sleeping-compartment



R. N. RICHARDSON.

SLEEPING COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1919.

1 ,37 5 ,41 7., Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

[72 a 922 for,

ZEaert flier/2 arise M ROBERT N. RICHARDSON, OF LOS GELES, CALIFORNIA.

SLEEPING-CLOMPARTMENT.

Original application filed August 22,

4, 1919. Serial No. 280,546. 1 I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT N. Rrormnn- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LOS An *geles and State of California, have lnvented new and useful Improvements 1n Sleepmg- Compartments, of which the followmg is a specification.

This invention relatesto cooling devices for sleeping compartments, and it has for its primary object to provide a dev1ce or structure or installation of this character whereby evaporation of water at or 1n connection with the walls of the compartment may be utilized to obtain a cooling effect within the compartment.

Further objects consist in the provlslon of simple and inexpensively constructed and efficient means for cooling sleeping compartments and the like, in hot weather.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description, and the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, construction, inter-relation, combination, association and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing and finally pointed out in claim.

The resent invention was originally disclosed in application for U. S. patent for beds and sleeping com artments, filed by me August 22, 1917, erial No. 187,633, from which application the present subjectmatter was divided. The drawing is a fragmentary vertical sectional View, broken at its top portion, of the sleeping compartment embodying the invention. a

The parts in the drawing are designated by reference characters.

.Referring With particularity to" the drawing, G des1gnates a house, other building structure or inclosure in which is provided sleeping compartments H including the floor J of the structure G. Abed K is disposed within the compartment H and a door L opening into the compartmentis provided.

- This construction including the hereinbefore described elementscomprises a sleeping compartment, but may be varied and otherwise constructed as desired, within a fair interpretation of the invention. There is provided acooling means generally designated M which houses or covers the bed K. This means M includes a preferably metal semicylindrical canopy or wall 39 which ;as shown is closed at its ends by the Walls 40 ofthe' structure G or compartment H. This canopy 29 is supported-along its longitudinal edges'upon Walls 41, and exteriorly of the canopy 39 at the lower edges thereof are provided reservoirs 42 adapted to contain water. There are,provided drain pipes 43 for the reservoirs 42 and suitable means not shown may be provided to fill said reservoirs.

I A means N is provided for distributing moisture over the outer surface of the canopy or wall 39. This means comprises a sheet 44 of absorbent material or wicking and said sheet is mounted upon the outer surface of the wall 39 with its lower edges disposed within the reservoirs 42.

There is provided a means for causing the circulation of air around and over the canopy or wall 39 so that the evaporation of the moisture and the subsequent cooling action will be effectively provided. This means constitutes a housing 45 comprising side walls 46, and a sectional top wall 47 the end walls of the housing being provided ment H. This housing 4-5 provides a space 48 around the canopy 39. There are provided air intake openings 49 and 50 located on opposite sides "of the housing in the upper Wall 47 thereof. These openings 49 and 50 permit air to enter thespace 48 and to circulate around the canopy 39. An air flue 51 communicates with the space 48 and is attached to the wall 47 of the housing and the roof 52 of the structure Gr, said flue 51 extending through the roof. The fine 51 provides for a circulation of air in the space 48, and to cause the air to be thoroughly distributed throughout the entire space there are provided oscillatory fans 53 and 54 which are located on opposite sides of and within the housing 45. Suitable stands 55 support the fans upon the walls 46 of the housing. Extendin up through the floor J of the structure are air inlet pipes 56 which communicate with the basement or space beneath the structure G and provide for the introduction of cool air to the interior of the structure G. Inasmuch as there is provided a suction through the action of the fans 53, it being noted that said fans are located adjacent to the openings 49 and 50, the air will be readily thrown or sucked through the pipes 56 into the structure G. and through the openings 49 and 50 into the space 48.

In the operation of this form of the invention, assuming that the compartment H is occupied and water is contained in the reservoirs 42, the evaporating action will take place when the wick 44 has distributed the moisture over the outer surface of the canopy or Wall 39 by capillary attraction, and the cooling of the atmosphere interiorly of the canopy or within the compartment H is thus provided. The fans 53 and 54 may be controlled by suitable means not shown and when operated provide for expeditious evaporation of the moisture upon- The oscillation of the fans,

the canopy. insures a complete and thorough evaporation and causes air from the space within the structure Gto be drawn through the openings 49 and 50 into the space 48 between the housihg 45 and the canopy 39. Air will escape through the fiue 51 and in this way'a thorough circulation of air, Within the space H is provided.

With reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided inexpensive and effective apparatus for cooling and keeping cool sleeping inclosures in order that occupants thereof may sleep in comfort inextremely hot Weather.

'It is to be understood that although the hereinbefore described and illustrated apparatus is the preferred form of my invenvention, and the. spirit and scope thereof.

as herein disclosed. I r

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

An apparatus of the character disclosed,

including an arched wall, walls associated .with

and closing the ends of the arched Wall, a door-way in one of said last named walls, and means for producing evaporation in intimate association with the arched wall, v

a housing enveloping and being spacedfromthe arched wall, said housing including having an air intake opening and an air outlet openingtherein, means for moistening the outer surface of within the space between the housing and wall for producing currents of air and directing the currents over the outer moistened surfaceof the wall.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT N. RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

J. SHUTT, EDNA TURNER.

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